Ironing-table.



IRONING-Y TABLB.- APPLICATION PILED SEPT. 11,l 1906.

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WILLIAM I-I. TICIIBORNE, OF NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application flied september 11,1906. serial No. 334,121.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM H. Tron- BOENE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New Castle, in the county of Lawrence andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Board,of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

My invention has for its object to provide an ironing board simple inconstruction, effective in operation and durable in use, and adaplted tobe attached to tables of various heig ts, to beremoved therefrom, andfolded conveniently for storing when not in use. These objects Iaccomplish by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich drawings like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout the views, and in which Figure 1 represents an ironing boardembodying my invention and secured to the edge of a table; and Fig. 2represents a plan view of the under side of a board embodying myinvention with the arts folded together.

As illustrated in the rawings, l represents an elongated board having aninclined support 2, pivotally connected by means of a hinge pin 2EL withparallel bars 3, secured to the under side of the board, which serve asbraces aswell as bearings for the upper end of the inclined support 2.The forward ends of the bars 3 are preferably cut away so as to engageand be secured to a transverse cleat 4, attached to the under side ofthe board 1. The inclined support 2 is arranged in the centrallongitudinal line of the board 1, so that the board may be evenlybalanced and supported on the upper end of said support. A clamp 5 ismounted upon the inclined support 2, and has a sliding engagementthereon so as to enable the support 2 to be inclined to correspond withthe height of the table to which the board may be attached and su portthe board in a horizontal position. T e interior dimensions of the clamp5 are preferably made slightly-larger than the outer dimensions of thesup ort 2, so that an upward or outward pul on the lug 5a formed on theclamp 5 will cause the opposite ends of said clamp to bear against theop osite edges of the inclined su port 2 and loc said clamp in positionon the inclined support. A connecting rod and brace 6 is freelyconnected at one end with the lug 5a formed on the clamp 5, and at itsopposite end with a lug 7a formed on a clamp 7 provided with cleat 8secured to the forward end of the board. The body of the clamp 7 extendsbackward from the journals 7c and forms a yoke provided in its lower endwith a bearing Ajournals 7 e'having bearings in a transverse 7b adaptedto clamp the under surface of the 'projecting edge of the top of a table9, the,

transverse cleat 8 forming a wide bearing for the forward end of theboard on the top of the table. After the clamp 7 has been secured to thetop of a table, the inclined support 2 is adjusted so as to bring theboard 1 into a horizontal position, and the clamp '5 is pressed downwardon the inclined support 2 until the edges of the clamp 5 grasp the edgesof the inclined support firmly and hold said -support in the desiredposition. A sleeve board 10 may be pivotally attached to the board 1 bymeans of a pivot pin 10a, and s aced apartfrom said board by means of ab ock 11 so as to enable cloth to be wound around said sleeve board, andat the same time enable the sleeve board to beiturned under the ironingboard 1.

Having thus described myvinvention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is on its o posite end with a clamping face, an

incline support hinged to said board, a clamp adjustable lengthwise ofsaid inclined su port, and a rod connecting said clamps, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The combination with an ironing board,

of a clamp comprising a yoke pivoted at one end to said board andprovided on its opposite end with a clamping face, an inclined supporthinged to said board, a clamp adjustable lengthwise of said inclinedsupport, and means for connecting said yoke and clamp, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM II. TICHBORNE.

Witnesses CHAs. WooLFoED, BUD. RUssLEn.

